Voter ID, Schoeller both good ideas

5:51 PM,
Mar. 11, 2014

Written by

Asher
ALLMAN

Would requiring a photo ID at polls on Election Day make it harder to vote or disenfranchise voters in Missouri? Hardly.

There are two bills in the Missouri Senate that seek to require Missourians to show a photo ID in order to cast a vote on Election Day, Senate Joint Resolution 31 and Senate Bill 511. The main difference is that SB 511 is more detailed in its description and would enact a photo ID law via the state legislature while SJR 31 would enact a constitutional amendment requiring photo ID at polls upon voter approval. Regardless of which vehicle is used or how such a law would be implemented, ...